From New York Times bestselling author Samantha
Young comes a story of friendship, identity, and acceptance that will break
your heart—and make it whole again. Don’t
miss THE IMPOSSIBLE VASTNESS OF US releasing June 27, 2017, and get a sneak
peek of the book below!
“I know how to watch my back. I’m the
only one that ever has.”
India Maxwell hasn’t just moved across the country—she’s plummeted to the bottom rung of the social ladder. It’s taken years to cover the mess of her home life with a veneer of popularity. Now she’s living in one of Boston’s wealthiest neighborhoods with her mom’s fiancé and his daughter, Eloise. Thanks to her soon-to-be stepsister’s clique of friends, including Eloise’s gorgeous, arrogant boyfriend Finn, India feels like the one thing she hoped never to be seen as again: trash.
But India’s not alone in struggling to control the secrets of her past. Eloise and Finn, the school’s golden couple, aren’t all they seem to be. In fact, everyone’s life is infinitely more complex than it first appears. And as India grows closer to Finn and befriends Eloise, threatening the facades that hold them together, what’s left are truths that are brutal, beautiful, and big enough to change them forever…
“I thought we could do takeout tonight.”
We couldn’t afford to do take-out nights all the time.
Take-out nights were reserved for birthdays and the last night of school summer
vacation. Sometimes even Thanksgiving.
Something was up. “Aren’t you supposed to be on a flight
somewhere right about now?”
She shrugged, avoiding my gaze as she wandered into the
kitchen.
I followed her, watching as she pulled take-out menus out of
our kitchen drawer.
“What do you want? Chinese, Indian, Thai, Lebanese?”
“I want to get this ‘talk’ over with.”
Hayley regarded me, taking in my tension and the hard look
in my eyes. Finally she sighed. “This is good news, India. Truly it is.”
“Just say it.”
“Theo proposed. I said yes. And we don’t want to wait. We’re
getting married this December.”
My mouth dropped open. “I haven’t even met him.”
She pinched the bridge of her nose at my shout. “And that
would be a concern if you were younger. But you’re starting junior year. You’re
sixteen. Before we know it, you’ll be going off to college.” She stepped toward
me and grabbed my hand. I let her squeeze it. “And, sweetheart, you can go to
any college you want now.”
“How?”
“Theo is…well, he’s wealthy. And he’s already made it
perfectly clear that he wants the very best for me, and that means the very
best for you.”
“Are you trying to buy my acceptance of this whole
ridiculous thing? You are aware that this isn’t normal, right?”
Hayley dropped my hand. “Don’t be melodramatic. I just want
you to know that yes, or course it will be difficult to leave behind school and
your friends here and move to Massachusetts, but the upside is that we’ll never
have another financial worry in our lives. Ever.”
Jesus, how wealthy was this guy?
As if she read the question on my face, Hayley smiled
dreamily. “He’s an incredibly well-respected attorney from a wealthy family.
Boston’s elite.”
“And he’s marrying you?”
“Nice,” she snapped. “Very nice.”
“I didn’t mean it like that.” I shrugged. “I just…I thought
those people stuck to their own.”
“Usually. But Theo doesn’t care about that stuff. He just
wants to marry the woman he loves.” She waved away my negativity with a shake
of her hair over her shoulders. “He married a well-to-do woman, and they had a
daughter, Eloise, before she died of cancer a few years ago. He hasn’t been
serious about another woman since, until me.”
“Oh my God.” I shook my head in disgust. “You think you’re
living in a fairy tale.”
“Don’t talk to me like that.”
“You’re hauling me across the country to move in with some
guy I’ve never met!” I heard the hysteria creep into my voice, but couldn’t
seem to stop it. “Let’s remember the last guy you chose that I had to live
with. Or have you already forgotten?”
Understanding dawned on Hayley’s face. It was shocking that
I even had to say it out loud. A good mother would have known exactly why I was
taking this so hard. “Oh, sweetheart.” She moved toward me but stopped when I
flinched back. “Theo is not like him. Not anything like him. I’m not a stupid
kid anymore. I wouldn’t make that mistake again.”
I stared at the floor, trying to will my heart rate to slow.
I could barely hear anything over the whooshing of blood in my ears.
I started at Hayley’s touch and looked up. She’d decided to
ignore my body language and cross the room to take hold of my arms. She ducked
her face to stare into my eyes.
“No one,” she whispered fiercely, “no one will hurt you. I
promise.”
Liar.
LIAR.
LIAR!
The scream rang out inside of me but somehow I swallowed it.
This was happening.
Samantha Young is the New York
Times, USA
Today and Wall Street
Journal bestselling author of adult contemporary romances,
including the On Dublin Street series
and Hero, as well as the New Adult
duology Into the Deep and Out of
the Shallows. Every Little Thing, the
second book in her new Hart’s Boardwalk series,
will be published by Berkley in March 2017. Before turning to contemporary
fiction, she wrote several young adult paranormal and fantasy series, including
the amazon bestselling Tale of
Lunarmorte trilogy. Samantha’s debut YA contemporary novel The
Impossible Vastness of Us will be published by Harlequin TEEN
in ebook & hardback June 2017
Samantha has been nominated for the Goodreads Choice
Award 2012 for Best Author and Best Romance for On Dublin
Street, Best Romance 2014 for Before Jamaica Lane,
and Best Romance 2015 for Hero. On
Dublin Street, a #1 bestseller in Germany, was the Bronze
Award Winner in the LeserPreis German Readers Choice Awards for Best Romance
2013, Before Jamaica Lane the Gold Medal Winner
for the LeserPreis German Readers Choice Awards for Best Romance 2014
and Echoes of Scotland Street the Bronze Medal
Winner for the LeserPreis German Readers Choice Awards for Best Romance 2015.
Samantha is currently published in 30 countries and is a #1
international bestselling author.
I still need to finish reading the Dublin street series! Love that cover though 😊
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